Disclaimer: I don't own the troopers.

Warning: Shounen-ai.... Seiji/Touma and Shin/Shuu

Sry 'bout all the grammer and/or spelling mistakes. Can't be helped. As always I'll go back through and fix the mistakes.

Review Responses:

inulover28 - Glad you liked the Shin and Shuu pairing. I dunno how many people actually do. I don't, which is why it's kinda odd that I added it in my own fic, but thought some of you peoples would like it...... I think I just repeated a lot of what I had already said. -.- And yeah, I did read your other fic and reviewed for it.. maybe the review just didn't show up..... shrugs I'll review again. Update your fic soon, plz. -=grins=-

Touya's Angel - thx

Star Light Shadow - Glad ya liked the Shin/Shuu. Who could like them more than Touma/Seiji anywayz? hehe...

Thx for the reviews. Plz keep them coming and if more people could review I'd really appreciate it. ; Anywayz... on with the fic.

Nightmares and Sickness

By: NightShadow

Chapter Seventeen

Sick

"Nani!?!" Ryo exclaimed. "Itsu?!" Everyone had just told him about Shin and Shuu's relationship. He hadn't expected any of the troopers to get into a relationship and then Touma and Seiji did. Now Shin and Shuu are in one! It was one of the most surprising things ever!

"Last night when you were asleep." Shuu answered.

"Oh, o-okay." Ryo wasn't quite sure of how he was supposed to react. "Congrats." He finally decided that would be the best response. He really was happy for them anyway.

"Arigatou." Shuu said gratefully.

"Yeah, you have no idea how much that means to us." Shin said smiling.

"Yeah. Sure. No prob." Ryo said still shocked.

"So... when's breakfast?" Shuu asked, changing the mood.

Shin chuckled. "I'll start it."

Touma and Seiji decided to wait for breakfast outside. They laid down on the grass next to each other, with the wind gently caressing their skin.

"Looks like you were right." Touma said with an amused tone, looking up at the sky.

"About what?"

"About Ryo being shocked." Touma answered. "It seemed like he had less of an idea than we did."

Seiji laughed. "Un, he definitely didn't see it coming."

Touma looked over at Seiji. He considered himself lucky to have someone as beautiful as him in his life. The way the sun shone on his golden hair was enchanting; it was hard to even try to look away. The archer was glad that Tomo hadn't touched Seiji's face. The sadist probably didn't want to scar the blonde's perfect features. Touma wished that Tomo hadn't even caught Seiji in the first place, but what's done is done and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Do I have something on my face or something?" Seiji asked, feeling nervous under his lover's stare.

Startled out of his thoughts by Seiji's voice he quickly replied, "Iie, not a thing is wrong with it."

"What were--"

Touma could no longer hold back his urge to kiss him so did... cutting him off mid-sentence. The kiss became deeper as Touma's tongue begged for entrance. Seiji moaned in pleasure when Touma's hands began caressing his chest.

Before they could do anything else Shin called, "Touma! Seiji! Breakfast is ready!"

Both let out a frustrated sigh. "Something always interupts us." Touma said. "Even in our own room." He added as an afterthought when Ryo had caught them kissing soon after they had returned from the hospital.

"Don't worry, koi. They can't always interupt." Seiji said with a mischievous tone.

"Guess we should go." Touma said, reluctantly getting up.

They kissed again. Then walked to the door, not wanting to go.
The other troopers were still eating while Seiji sat there picking at his food, not really hungry.

"Why aren't you eating, Seiji?" Shin asked concerned.

"Oh, I'm just not that hungry." He replied trying to make it sound like it wasn't a big deal. In truth he felt kind of dizzy and nauseous.

"Okay, but try to eat more." Shin said with a worried tone. Seiji still hadn't been eating right and it wasn't good for his health. If it was because of his fever or with what had happened to him, Shin didn't know and didn't want to ask in case it had to do with Tomo. He didn't want to bring those thoughts back to the blonde's mind, when he seemed content with how everything was going, for the most part. They still didn't know to what extent the torture had gone to and didn't plan on asking.

Seiji nodded and forced some more food down his throat. After a few bites he quickly stood up and ran to the bathroom.

At first the other troopers stared in surprise. Then Touma got up and went to Seiji. The archer found him leaning over the toilet, throwing up. He went over to him and rubbed his back soothingly reapeating comforting words.

Once Seiji was done Touma filled a cup with water and handed it to the still sick trooper.

Seiji gratefully took the water and quickly rinsed out the nasty taste in his mouth. "Thanks."

"No problem. Now, let's get you to bed." Touma said concerned. Maybe it was a bad idea to go outside last night.

Seiji set the cup on the counter and stood up. However, his legs couldn't support him so he fell against the wall.

Touma frowned, seeing that Seiji couldn't hold himself up. Then he went to his lover's side and helped him.

Seiji bowed his bead in shame. I can't even walk by myself.

"It's alright to have support, koi. You're still sick." Touma said when he saw the look on the blonde's face.

The swordsman didn't say anything; he just kept walking along with Touma.

They were in their bedroom so Touma lead Seiji over to their bed and let the blonde lay down. "Get all the rest you can. Don't worry about what time it is." He knew that Seiji didn't like to stay in bed past a certain time, it made him feel lazy.

The sick trooper just closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep. However, his eyes opened when he felt Touma leave. He had sat on Seiji's bed once the blonde was comfortable and was going to leave to talk to the others.

The swordsman reached out for Touma's arm and grabbed it. Once his lover was looking at him he said, "Please don't leave. At least until I've fallen asleep." He hated sounding so needy but he wanted Touma by his side. If he were to leave his memories were sure to come back and he definitely didn't want that.

The archer pulled up the chair that he had first used when Seiji returned from the hospital and brought it up to his bed. He kissed Seiji on the forehead. "Go to sleep. I promise I won't leave until you've fallen asleep." He would never leave his lover in his time of need.

Seiji closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.

Touma squeezed the sleeping trooper's hand and then got up once he was positive that he was asleep. He didn't want to leave quite yet bu he was sure that the others were wondering about how Seiji was doing. He was going to finish up his own breakfast anyway. This whole thing had taken about ten minutes; there would probably enough food left. iUnless Shuu ate all of it./i

Touma had just entered the kitchen and found that the other troopers were still sitting at the table. Shuu was still eating a little; Ryo and Shin were talking. They stopped talking when they saw the archer had came back. "So... how is he?" Ryo asked worried for the swordsman's health after seeing him running to the bathroom.

"A little better, I think. He's resting now." Touma said sadly.

"That poison must be really strong." Shuu said thoughtfully. "He should be better by now, shouldn't he?"

"Un, you'd think so." Shin said.

"If that bastard wasn't already dead, I'd kill him!" Ryo said angry.

"What's done is done so don't think about it. At least he's dead and he'll never hurt Seiji again." Shin said reasonably.

"I agree. Right now we need to worry about Seiji's health only." Touma said. "All he needs to do is rest right now. We can see if he'll eat something later. Hopefully he'll be able to keep it down."

They all nodded. Then Shin spoke, "Well, let me know if he gets worse. I have to get a few things from the store." He didn't really want to leave Seiji though.

"I'm going to go with you." Shuu said while getting up.

Shin started to get everyone's plates when Touma stopped him. "Go on ahead. I'll take care of the dishes."

"Are you sure?"

"Hai, don't worry about it."

"I'll help him out too." Ryo volunteered.

"If you're sure...."

"Just go."

Finally Shin and Shuu left with a thank you.

For a while Ryo and Touma washed the dishes in silence until Ryo spoke. "Is he still having really bad nightmares?"

Touma stopped washing the dish he was on and turned to look at Ryo. Then he continued. With a long sigh he said, "Yes, but they're not as bad as they were. The one's he does have though are bad. It's hard to wake him sometimes. When he does wake he's drenched in sweat and shivers violently." He paused. "I don't know if it's much better then before other than there being less."

"Don't worry. He'll get better soon." Ryo said while putting the last plate away. He placed his hand on the archer's shoulder for reassurance. Then he left to his room.

Touma let out a sad sigh. I certainly hope so.

Byakuen looked up at him from the floor with a sad look in his eyes. He could feel the worry in the room, not to mention hearing it in both Ryo and Touma's voice.

Touma stooped down and patted the white tiger on the head. "Don't worry, boy. Everything's alright."

Byakuen licked his hand, showing that he understood.

"I'm going to check on Seiji now. Be good." The blue-haired archer took a glass from the cupboard, filled it up with water and then went upstairs to check on his lover.

Once at the door he slowly opened it so it wouldn't make any noise. However, when he entered the room he found that Seiji was just lying there, staring at the ceiling. He had a blank look on his face.

"What's wrong, koi?" He asked worriedly. When Seiji didn't respond he went up to him.

"Seiji...?" He waved his hand in front of Seiji's face.

The blonde jumped, surprised. Breathing very quickly he looked over at Touma.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." He definitely hadn't expected him to react like that. He noticed that his lover was still breathing quickly. He placed the cup on the stand by the bed and went next to the blonde. For some reason that only increased the speed of his breathing.

"Seiji." He tried. "Blondie?" Opting for a different nickname he didn't use that often, hoping it would have a good result. Seeing it had no different affect he tried to calm him with comforting words. "Seiji, calm down. Breathe slowly. That's it. Just keep breathing."

Once Seiji's breathing was pretty much normal he looked over at Touma and blinked. "What happened?"

"I was hoping you'd be able to tell me."

"I.... I don't know. I think..." He trailed off in his thoughts. "I know I had another nightmare."

Touma inwardly cringed. His lover had a nightmare; it seemed like a bad one at that, and he wasn't there to comfort him. "Drink this, koi." He said, handing him the water.

Seiji took it and drank all of it, not realizing how thirsty he really had been. After he drank it he handed it back to Touma who placed in back on the table. Then he laid back down and tried to fall asleep.

The blonde's eyes opened and closed a few different times before Touma finally decided that there was no way that he'd be able to sleep how he was. The archer got up and laid next to Seiji. At first he seemed to tense at the touch but then relaxed. That dream must have really shaken him up. He thought sadly. And I wasn't there for him.

The blue-haired trooper pulled his lover closer and ran his hand through his hair.

With the comforting motion made by Touma the blonde fell asleep within minutes. Touma smiled when he noticed this and soon he fell asleep as well.
Well, I hope people are actually still enjoying this. The next chapt is prob'ly goin' to be the last. -=sniff sniff=- Sry if there's more mistakes than usual I wrote this up in a hurry cuz I had less than an hour to do so.

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